Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 243 Winter
At dawn, Xu Deyong woke up. Next to him, Xu Huizhen, who was six months pregnant, was lying on her side with a pregnant belly in her sleep. A few naughty short hair fell on her face.

Because of her pregnancy, there was flesh on her cheeks and a few light spots.

Well, being a mother is not easy!
Xu Deyong got up and tucked Xu Huizhen into bed. Before she was pregnant, she would probably wake up.

He got dressed and stood up. On the small wooden bed next to him, Xiao Li'er was lying on a soft quilt, with only a small face showing, her long eyelashes trembling from time to time, and a smile on her lips.

Xu Deyong smiled, opened the door and went out.

"Xiaoyong, you're awake." Xu Nanshi's voice came.

Xu Deyong responded in a low voice: "Hey, grandma, it's still early. Besides, it's New Year's Day holiday today, so you can sleep a little longer."

Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "As I get older, a few hours of sleep is enough. If I sleep more, I won't be able to sleep. See how the stove is doing. Change the briquettes and open the valve."

"Yeah." Xu Deyong nodded.

First, I took aside the shoes and socks on the "drying cage" of the stove, took away the drying cage, looked at the stove, replaced it with new briquettes, and opened the air valve.

Xu Deyong is not a big smoker. He smokes once in a while when he has nothing to do or smokes with others. He rarely smokes at home.

After a while, Liu Guangtian ran in in a hurry, squatted down and banged his pants, and it looked like he almost deflated his crotch.

At this time, the "drying cage" is used.

There were also children who had been making snowmen and having snowball fights all day long. They were covered in mud and even their socks were soaked.

Today is New Year's Day, the first day of the year 57, and also the first day of the twelfth lunar month in the Year of the Monkey.

When they go to bed at night, the adults will clean the washed clothes, or dirty cotton clothes, cotton pants, and shoes and socks (the shoes and socks are too smelly) with sandalwood soap and put them on the "drying cage."

Xu Deyong immediately closed the door, opened the thick curtain and came outside.

"call……."

Xu Deyong got up early, and the courtyard was still quiet, but Xu Deyong could still faintly hear some movement in the nearby houses.

Xu Deyong smelled the smell of cigarette smoke and said casually: "Well, you guys are going on vacation soon, right?"

After the waiter was done, Xu Deyong gently opened the door and went out. As soon as the door was opened, a thin cold wind tried to penetrate into the house.

Liu Guangtian shook his head and said, "It will take more than ten days."

He exhaled a breath of white air. Although his body was so strong that he didn't feel too cold, he still rubbed his hands subconsciously.

It’s a new day, what should you do first?
To the toilet, of course.

I took a puff and exhaled the smoke, which seemed to make me feel a little warmer.

He walked vigorously out to the public toilet in the alley. In winter, it was still acceptable, but his butt was freezing.

The "drying cage" is also an old thing from that era. Almost every household has one. The winter in Sijiu City is very cold, especially when the north wind blows and the snow falls. There are only a few clothes in total. If the clothes are not washed and dried, they will be gone. Gotta wear it.

"call……."

Bake it overnight in the heat of the stove and wear it the next day.

After he finished, he had time to look aside and said, "Brother Deyong."

He squatted down and dug into his pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one, and took out a kerosene lighter and lit it.

Then he looked at him with envy and said, "Brother Deyong, what are you smoking?"

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "It's not a good smoke, it's Pegasus brand."

Bald Liu licked his lips and said, "This is not considered good cigarettes. The county officials are divided into two sides (big front door), and the commune cadres are divided into four corners (Pegasus). A box is only 28 cents."

Xu Deyong raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, have you ever been smoked?"

"No..." Bald Liu quickly denied, and then whispered: "To tell you the truth, I have only smoked a few times, and they were all cheap ones that my classmates got. They didn't even have a filter. I took turns smoking them. Take a bite."

Then he responded with a few clicks, seeming to have some aftertaste. Seeing Xu Deyong looking at him with a half-smile but not a smile, he said: "Brother Deyong, please don't tell my dad about this, otherwise I will be beaten to death."

Xu Deyong chuckled and said, "You still do it even though you know it's about getting slapped. Aren't you a typical person looking for a slap?"

Hearing this, Liu Guangtian couldn't help but start to complain about Liu Haizhong: "My dad is the boss at home, and it's my eldest brother who still has some say..."

Then there was a burst of chirping.

Xu Deyong is here to shit, not to "eat shit".

After wiping his butt, under Liu Guangtian's somewhat shocked gaze, he lifted up his pants, stuffed the stuffer and said, "Okay, you can continue to stay, I won't accompany you to freeze your butt here."

As he said that, he took off the cigarette butt. Under Liu Guangtian's hesitant gaze, he flicked the cigarette butt and fell into the pit.

Then he patted his butt and left.

Liu Guangtian also finished his work immediately, stood up, looked down and muttered: "Well, the small and exquisite one is just right. If it is too big, it will be laughed at in school."

Then he looked at Xu Deyong and threw away the cigarette butt, and said with some pity: "Brother Deyong is such a waste, there is still a little smoke left. Besides, the filter can be sold for money. How nice to give it to me."

Feeling light and free of shit, Xu Deyong walked more briskly when he came out, and almost bumped into Qin Huairu who was following him out at the entrance of the courtyard.

Fortunately, Xu Deyong reacted quickly and braked in time, while Qin Huairu still held the chamber pot in his hand.

If someone comes and falls on his back, wouldn't he be willing to show off his body?

"It's Deyong, it scared me." Qin Huairu glanced at Xu Deyong with her big, folded eyes.

Xu Deyong stepped aside and said hello casually: "Sister-in-law Qin, good morning."

Qin Huairu responded and passed by Xu Deyong. He was wearing a floral cloth jacket and black trousers with some patches on them, and his big butt was twisted out.

Xu Deyong muttered in his heart: "Hey, holding a chamber pot is still a bit arrogant."

However, this was all his preconceived impression.

At this time, Qin Huairu was an upright and good wife. She was virtuous and capable. She kept the house in good order and was recognized by the courtyard.

Jia Dongxu is still here, and she doesn't have that much Xiao Jiujiu in her heart, and she won't deliberately let others take advantage of her in order to order food, and she won't compromise with others.

Most of this person's changes are caused by his environment.

When Xu Deyong returned home, his grandma had already gotten up and was cooking porridge. He picked up the kettle and poured some hot water into the enamel basin, washing his hands and face.

Firewood, rice, oil and salt, food, drink and diarrhea, the days were crushed and sprinkled into it...

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If something happens, it will be long; if nothing happens, it will be short.

Entering the twelfth lunar month, life is like a wild horse running wild and cannot be contained at all.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer. Xu Deyong took advantage of the good weather for two days and went to Niulan Mountain to drink twice, so that he would not run away again before and after the New Year.

Xu Huizhen was pregnant, and her uncle would not allow her to travel back and forth any more, so after the second trip, Xu Deyong and Xu Huizhen discussed it and simply bought some things as a gift to her mother-in-law in advance.

Although Xu Hui really couldn't go, she tried her best to invite her brother's family to come to the city for a few days, and Xu Hui said she would consider it.

During this period, something minor or minor happened, which made the sparrow's situation even worse.

On January 1, Zhou Jianren, the then deputy minister of education and biologist, published an article in the Beijing Daily titled "There is no need to doubt that sparrows are pest birds." This was affirmative: "Sparrows are pest birds, and pest birds should be Fight without hesitation.”

But later, this was no longer just a problem of harming birds...

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(End of this chapter)